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SILKWOOD v. KERR-McGEE CORP.

No. 79-1894.

769 F.2d 1451 (1985)

Bill M. SILKWOOD, Administrator of the Estate of Karen G. Silkwood, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KERR-McGEE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Paul, L.E. Stringer, John J. Griffin, Jr. and Harvey D. Ellis, Jr., of Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Okl., C. Lee Cook, Jr., William Van Hagey, and William T. McGrath of Chadwell & Kayser, Chicago, Ill.; and Elliott C. Fenton and Larry D. Ottaway of Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellants on remand.

James A. Ikard, Oklahoma City, Okl., Arthur R. Angel, Oklahoma City, Okl., Daniel P. Sheehan, Washington, D.C., and G.L. Spence, Jackson Hole, Wyo., for plaintiff-appellee on remand.

Before McKAY, DOYLE and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

This case is before our court on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States. Defendants Kerr-McGee Corporation and Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation (hereinafter collectively referred to as Kerr-McGee) appeal from judgments awarded against them in a suit brought by plaintiff Bill M. Silkwood as administrator of the estate of Karen Silkwood, deceased. The action, a diversity suit tried before a jury, was based upon common-law tort principles...

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